Baby Book of Iron

by Tasha Albinski and Kelly Shepherd
Name of element:
Iron
Nickname of element (Symbol):
FE
Birth date (date of discovery)
Humans first started using iron in about 1200 B.C. this is called the Iron Age.

Race (type of element)
Metals

Birth weight (atomic mass)
55.845(2)

Birth height (atomic number),
26
Family Name (family or group)
Transition metal

Obstetrician (Discoverer)
Ancient Egyptians learned how to use iron Ffirst. The Egyptians found the iron in meteorites. Meteorites are chunks of rock and metal that fall from the sky. The Egyptians made tools and jewellery out of iron.

Place of birth (country of discovery)
Ancient Egypt

Gender (state of matter at room temperature.)
solid

Personality (emotions: boiling point, density and melting point)
Boiling point: 2862 °C
Melting point: 1538 °C
Density(at 20˚C): 7.874 g·cm−3

DNA (Chemical Properties: does it react with acid, etc)

It is silver- white when pure
  • Its atomic mass is 55.847
  • It reflect 65% of the light that hits it
  • Oxidizes in damp air
  • It dissolves quickly in dilute acids
  • It corrodes fast in high temperatures
  • .When iron is exposed to air it reacts with oxygen
  • to form hydrated ferric oxide on its surface (rust).

Picture of element (Construct a Bohr Model of Element)

IT.jpg

Family Portrait (Bohr Model of all elements in this atomic family),
portrait.png
Transition Metals








Brothers and Sisters (Names of all family members from the periodic table)
Scandium, titanium, Vanadium, Chromium,Manganese,Cobalt, Nickel,Copper, Zinc

Career of element (what their element will become when it grows up)
Cutlery, iron gates, fences, fireplaces, furniture, pipes

Pictures of career (pictures of products that use/ are made of your element)
fences.jpg
fences
continuous-casting-iron-pipe-359.jpg
iron pipes
chair.jpg
chair
Cast-Iron-cookware.jpg
cutlery




The Iron Song (sing to tune of "happy birthday")


My name is irony
I make cutlery
I don’t like water…
It makes me rusty

Transition metals
are my family
Egyptians made my
discovery

I am a solid
My nicknames FE
Thank you for listening
I am irony

bibliography

**http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/C-K/Iron.html#ixzz1qxHwwzW9**
**http://www.webelements.com/**
**http://www.ptable.com/**
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table
http://www.chemicool.com/